Concrete building



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APPLICATION FLED OCT. 2?, 1919.

Patent@ Feb. Z2, 1921.

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Application. ed October 27, 1919.

lre it known that l, WALTER S. Pamuk, a snhject of trie King of Greatlritain, and

"len"y York city, in the county of nd State offNeW Y ork, have 1n- OTitien relates to concrete huildulariv to foundation 'blocks adagiiteflto Je formed of concrete in snitahlc mords on the building site or inthe shop. and whov or duly hardened, to be nlaced in posit ,in readyv toreceive a super- A These blocks will be formed to ructnrc.

vc and properly support molded Wall in foundations, for instance Wall sor slabs made accordingto nl v applil f Letters l atent tiled June 5919B), rial Ninnner 302,053 and l propose with the apparatus de i in invp icati'on Seri al No. 302,054, tiled une 5ly 12H9.; they willpreferably be suiciently long .for several of said Wall blocks to heplaced side b v side, to rest thereon and characterized by having receases formed in their upper surfaces to receive the lugs located oneither ends of the Wall blocks. Holes may be east in the surface of suchfoundation blocks in which will eat iocating pins or studs extendingfrom .he under sides of the Wall blocks.

@earrings may extend through the course h iocks. thev heine" formed withflanges lownn'ardlji tapered to simplify the moldeneration and lightento facilitate einig. said formation affording the necnngth the purposeof a firm structural to receive Wall Liese openingsiare filled with con-'i geshaped blocks which the pre-cast blocks eend.

The blocks consist of longitudinal flanges connected together by endWebs and transvelue Webs considerably thicker than the side flanges andadapted te support the superstructure of the verticallyY arranged' wallblocks seating' thereon. The length of the fon-inflation blocks willequal the Width of a plurality of Wall hlocks placed side ed res alaittin The invention also contemplates a corner block construction inane tosupport extended wall corner strips to complete the structure.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented Feb. 22, 1921. Serial No. 333,436.

An integral extension of the end Web of the foundation block with therecesses extended at right angles is formed to meet the 'recess ot' thenormal block, thus forming the'corner rWith'the end extensionblock. TheWall superposcd on `the extended foundation block; islilrewise extended.

The accompanying drawings will. now be described to more fnllv indicatethe nature and construction of this invention.

Figure l is a plan View of a foundation block, broken away in vplaces tofacilitate illustration, and showing the wall block seated thereon.

Fig: 2 is a longitudinal section ony line 2`2 Fig. l. i'

Fig. 3 is a transverse of Fig.

Fili'. is a perspective view of an end of a foundation block, showingmore clearly the relation thereto of a Wall block in erected positionand Fig. 5 is a plan of av block used at the corner of the building witha recess turned at an angleas hereinafter described.

he dimensions of the foundation block of this invention are such as toafford adequate 'supporting area when filled with concrete and formingthe Wedgeshaped block shown in Fig. 2 on suitably preparedground and tofacilitate its ready handling n being set in place.

The block with all integral parts, formed of a properly preparedconcrete in suitable molds7 consists of longitudinal side flanges 6-6connected together by end Webs 7 7 and transverse Webs or supportingpieces 8-8, so spaced lengthwise of vthe block as to leave openings 9 ofuniform length between the ends 7 and adjacent transverse web 8, andbetween the transverse Webs. The Width or thickness of the end Webs 7exceeds that of the flanges 6, and the intermediate transverse Webs 8,are preferably about twice as thick as the end Webs. The ends 'T andtransverse webs 8 are so spaced that a Wall block Will cover the WholeWidth f the end and one-haltn of the transverse Webs 8 as indicated inFig. l.

. The upper faces of the end Webs 7 andtransverse Webs 8 are providedwithv recesses to receive correspondinglyshaped lugs l1v on the lowerend of the Wall blocks 12, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4f. The Wallblocks are thus properly located in central positins on the foundationblocks, but asA a further means for holding the wall blocks 12 in placethey are provided with doWel pins, which may be projecting ends ofreinforcing bars or rods 13, arranged to fit into holes 14 in thefoundation block 6.

In setting the blocks at the corners of the structure, the blocks esshown in Fig. 5 may be employed to complete the course. A. heuvier endweb piece with recesses 15 above mentioned at right angle is made tocomplete the corner. This recess 15 will support a wall slab continuedto the end of the course and is shaped to receive an extended Wall blockcarried by the adjoining corner foun (lation blocks. The cornerextension blocks will be provided with means for properly locating andholding the corner wall thereon.

The webs are cast with a beveled formation, the heavy part ofthe Webbeing at the top of the block as it would be used in the building withthe thin part of the web at the bottom. Thus, the concrete placed in theopen spaces becomes a Wedge-shaped concrete block. As the pressure fromthe superstructure is applied7 it is transmitted to the earth over theentire area of the foundation block through these Wedge-shaped concreteblocks,

Having described my invention What I claim is:

1. A concrete form composed of concrete and adapted to receive asuperstructure, such form consisting of aplurality of Wedgeshaped coredspaces formed by tapered side flanges and tapered cross and end Webs,the cored spaces being filled with concrete to form a Wedge-shapedconcrete block.

2. A concrete form, composed'of concrete adapted to receive asuperstructure, such form consisting of a plurality of Wedgeshuped coredspaces formed by tapered side lianges andtapered cross and end Webs,such webs having recesses on their upper surfaces formed to receivecounter projections on the under side of a Wall block of saidsuperstructure, the cored spaces being filled with concrete0 to form aWedge-shaped concrete block.`

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 25th day of October, A. D. 1919.

WALTER S. PAINTER.

